Garden ornament



W. C., CROSS GARDEN ORNAMENT Jan. 1, 1935.

Original Filed Feb. 24, 1930 v 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 W. c, cRosS GARDENORNAMENT Jan. 1, 1935.

Original Filed Feb. 24, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 1, 1935 g1,986,046 V "QomnE N ORNAMENT' g Carson Gross; ottawa ontario, Canada,assignor to Stoneway Graft Limited,.0ttawa.," f:ontarid'canada,acorporation Application-February 24, 1930, serial no.430,02f x .V Renewed May22, 1934' 3 Z Qlaims. (clam- 33) .1

1This;presentjinvention relates to. certain newandz'usefuliiniprovementsein a: gardenornament. The primary? object; of"the; invention. resides in the provisionzofla: garden ornament,lazportion ofiwhi'ch; isfinfthe iformioiramanufactureid articIe.-' is 1'i' 1 Another object 'ofthe invention resides in the pr'ovision of agarden ornament of: the. character statedwhich ispartiallyzproducedibythe natural growth orycuiti vated'growthinr the gardenvor. lawn whilethe remainder or balance of". the ornament is; in article 3 a A fhrtherobjectorthe-inventiontresidesin the provision -of=-'a. garden: ornamentoffthez character stated which comprises a manufacturedf or nongrowingarticle;- arranged? on 9; surfaces and com bining with selected naturaifgrowth. from beheath the surface to -form a coriiplete design: andbakgroundtherefor. i

*Afstill furtherobject of the invention: resides the provisiongoffagardenxornar'nent" of the character stated' -inc1uding an outline a of?an in- V animate-nature arrahged in -combination with an animate ornatural live growth toforma compiete design andjbaekground on asurface.-

f A still fiirthen-object of the invention resides in theprovision of agarden ornament 'of" the character stated and th'e process of producing'an rn m ntal, design in a v 'ga'rden onaaiawn' or othersurfaceyhereby a.hre'determinedfi complete design and background may be I produ ed by arranging the manufactured *ga'rdenoniamentwith respect to'a naturalgrowth or-other means em p1o eaaround the ciii'tline of" themanufactured gardenornainnt andf tvithin openings of the mstill fdrtherobj ect of the invention resides intheomma or a garden ornament of 1 thecharacter stated: which isradapted to] use for producing; variousdesigns on different-1 surfaces andrnay be employed forvarigus-purposes;

The invention has for a still further obj ect' the provision of a gardenornament" oi theeharacter stated; the manufactured or inanimate portionof which may be readily Lproduc'ed at the minimuin' cost in anydesiredform or configuration and manufactured; from .various' materialsor 50combinations-of materialsflj objects :as shall become, apparent as thedescrips-tioniproceeds umy invention resides inthe .c0nstruetion,combination .-and arrangement of parts as shall be-hereinaftert morefullydescribed, i1-

To thefaccornplishmentiof these related lustrated in the. accompanying.drawings and pointed. outlin the claims hereunto appended! a.

The-invention will'be best understood and can be." more. clearljdescribed; when "references is had to the drawings lformingjrajiiartoffthis f'dis closure,. wherein like characters indicate like,partsthroughoutgthe severafview "In the drawingsae If Figure '1. is aplan of g of a daisy' iand background produced-withfone type of the Y inanufacturecl' garden ornament; a a

a coinplete fiat th s;

,mgumi 2-Lis a trahsverse vertical; section through 1 the design shown;"Figure 1,- said view being taken. s'ubstantiallvionI-thee plane I of1ineI2 2-"of.[Figi1re 1; lookin'g'injthe direction indicated byl theiarrows;

r"Figurej3 'is a detailfragmentary vertical'isec 3 tion; takenisubstantiallyon the plane; f Of" line 3 -31105 Figure 1, looking in the'direction indi i-rigu s is,ajvievfsimilarltoFigures 11 and ki',

"showing the" manufactured 1 garden ornament representing a pairjofcrossed trianglesyg;

ment.i'n;thej form of a' shie1d;; I 'j', V I

Figure? is a planof the'manufacturedforna inent in the' form of aigeometrical "designy" y Figure8 is a perspective of theflmanutacturedornamentin the design oj ajletteriRfand Figure 9" is ajperspective offa'; conventional form of the manufactured ornaz'nent, showing the'samesupported onan inclineiwithrespect'to theFsurface on which it rests,"

Figurefi is a plan otjtthejmanuvf acturedorna- Referring more indetairto thedrawings, it is to be noted that; the manufactured ormoulded r mentlzi is h wn in is view in t "form of fa daisy'withflsolidpetals, is produced in halves or; sections 13 which are{ adapted to bebrought" close together with their "upper" edges tions or halves l3ffare flrmly held together, and prevented from moving independently-Totone anotherrln thisconditionthey are arranged o'na sur'face andthecompletejmanufactured ornament isfretained position on the .surfaceandiadapted" to sinkinto the surface 'i 'herfeet 'b'yj thefeet. 17provided on the underfacethereof milar to Fi u e'l, 5 Wing .severalsections, as desired.

17 are preferably provided with central V-shape annular grooves 18around their sides so that the loose earth may gather therein and thusfirmly anchor the ornament in position. In this form of the ornament,the centre 19 thereof is open to disclose any selected growth ofvegetation planted thereinysuch as may be consideredappropriate torepresent-the centre of a natural daisy. The petals of the daisy formedwith the body of the ornament as manufactured, may be same forcompleting the design and the background therefor.

finished with a white surface or facing and the grass or other naturalgrowth of vegetation-surrounding the manufactured ornament -is arof themanufactured ornament,.thus.serving as a background for thedesignto"complete the same.

In Figure 4 of the drawings, the manufactured ornament in the form of adaisy is shown with each petal 20 formed'separately and provided With'acentral opening,21.or open centre substantially corresponding to' theshape of the petal. These separate petals are slightly tapered at theirinner ends andbrought together and united as in the preferred form or inany other appropriate mannerfiThe central openings 21 oropen centres ofthe, several petals 20 may be filled in by' alivegrowth of.vegetation ofan appropriate character to harmonize .or' blend with the facing of, thepetals 20. Likewise, the large open centre 22"within' the circledescribed by the inner ends of the radiating petals 20 may be filled inby an appropriate g iowth of vegetation. A stem 23 is. also provided forthis form of; the ornament and faced to represent thestem forthe flower.Aleaf 24 is extended from thesideofthe .stem .23 and appropriately faced"to present the appearance of .a natural leafdiflfering from; thesurroundinggrowthof vegetation; The" stem, 23 "and leaf g24jmay beformed with one or more of the petals 201or may be formed. separatelytherefrom and alsosep= arate from one another'and provided with meansfor firmlyluniting them and also forattaching them to one or more of thepetals 20.1 They may also be provided with anchoring means as describedin the first formand eachpetal 20 may carry one ori more of ,theanchoringgfeet 17' or other means for preventing the petals from moving'on the surface;

HInFigure 5 of thedrawings, the ornament is shown -as representing apair of crossed triangles 25 presenting-a; large diamond shaped centralopening Z Gfand four'lsmall triangular openingsv 27 outwardlythereof,through which openings 26 "and Z'Imay. be" trained natural rowths ofvegetation, in addition to the natural rowth of vegetation' trainedaround the ornament and close to the outline of thecros'sed triangles.25.. .This form maybe in one piece or in h In Figure 6 of thecdrawings,the ornament is shown inthe. form of the outline of a conventionalshield '28 with a .band 29 extended diagonally across the same, thusdividing the central openings 33' and smaller triangular openings 3';

;sign 32.

In Figure 8, the ornament is shown in the form of a large capital R 35,through the opening 36 of which a'selectedgrowth of vegetation may betrained as well as between the legs 37 of the ornamental letter designand around the p As shown clearly'by; Figure 9, the manufacturedornament38 may be supported on an incline on the surface 39 by one or moresupporting 1egs40 havingan upper end resting in an opening 41 in one of'the feet 42, while the lower end of the supporting leg terminates in apoint 42engaging in and extending through the surface 39. When theornament 38 is placed flat-on the surface 39, the foot '42 functions inthe usual manner as described for the preferred form to anchor the.ornament: 38 and prevent movement-thereof on the surface. I

-As theiconstruction' .of .thexdevice has thus been described in detail,brief reference is now had to its use and modus operandi: The ornamentis. manufactured in various designs and produced from appropriatematerials. For instance, the ornament maybe molded from cement. or.other. plastic material andprovided with a facing; of a different,character from the body of the ornament and of a different colour or.colour design, when desired. The object ofproviding' one ormore-openings in themanufactured ornament is for the purpose of traininga selected natural growth through thesame when the-ornament ispermittedto rest flat upon the ground orgother surface from which a naturalgrowth of vegetation is extending. Thus, any preferred natural growth ofvegetation may bel'trained through the opening or openings of theornament'to combine with the manufactured ornament in producing acomplete design while the background for the design is formed by thenatural growth of vegetation around and trained close to the outer; edgeof the manufactured ornament. .It isapparent that the complete designand background is therefore produced by a combination of themanufactured ornament and the trained natural growth of vegetationthrough and'around the manufactured ornament. Thus, the complete designand its background includes both the inanimate manufactured article orornament and the animate or live. trained natural growth through andaround themanufactured article or ornament with these animate andinanimate parts of the complete design and background alternating. It isalso. apparent that the manufactured article or ornament may be employedin connection with other surfaces as well as ground surfacesfrom whichanimate or .live growths of vegetation emanate or may be .supported onan incline with respect to the surface and the openings in themanufactured article or ornament filled with an appropriate material togive the effect desired or left vacant, as preferred.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be manifest that a garden ornament is provided thatwill fulfill all the necessary requirements of such a device, but asmany changes could be made in the above description and many apparentlywidely diiferent embodiments of myinvention may be constructed withinthe scope of the Having thus described my invention, what I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-- v V 1. A gardenornamentincluding a fiat sectional horizontal moulded design with superposedhorizontal edges of adjacent sections re- 1 duced in thickness with theupper edges of said sections flush; and a central longitudinalinterlocking tongue and groove connectionabetween the opposed facesofsaid superposed horizontal edges of the sections.

2; A garden ornament including a flat moulded design outlining memberwith integral circular depending anchoring member having continuouscentral encircling -V-shaped grooves reducing the horizontalcircumference of .said 1 anchoring members at their centers.

- WALTER CARSON. CROSS.

